Tag: SPECIAL CONSTABLES


Minority of forces refusing to cover Fed membership for Specials
(27/06/22) Some Police and Crime Commissioners are refusing to fund Specials joining the Fed.

Force loses one in three Special constables since national merger
(04/01/22) A thousand fewer volunteer officers since eight forces merged in 2013.

Opinion: A fresh model for 21st Century Policing
(07/04/21) The establishment of a regular police reserve will retain specialist skills and plug the gaps left by the disappearance of the 30-year-career officer, argue Chris Sharwood-Smith and Dr Rob Gurney.

PCCs at loggerheads over Fed membership for Specials
(20/10/20) Talks to enable Special Constables to join the Police Federation have hit a stumbling block over who will pay for it.